With next season in mind I picked up the Yildiz .410 single shot from academy and boys let me tell you. $120 feels deceiving the gun is very light but is made really dadgum well. The shotgun is with Holcomb Kerns up in the Tallassee area (hopefully) being loved on. This will be a designated turkey gun so he is putting sling studs in the stock, putting either an “S” and “F” or white/red dot above and below the tang safety, and painting the metallic silver trigger and action breaker matte black. He wasn’t sure he could but hes looking into putting a scope mount base for an optic and see what he can do about patterning or barrel work.. I know Sumtoy does some great work and if this doesn’t work out the gun will be going to him but Mr. Kerns was referred by family that spoke very highly of the gentleman and it turns out I’ve shot several guns he has loved on...
I will keep this updated

Holcomb has been doing gun works for a long time and I know he has done some fine work especially on rifles. Keep us updated on the progress. I purchased one of these to make a turkey gun but that's as far as I have gone. I'd like to have the barrel cut down and threaded for a choke and have a mount for a red dot put on it but I am not sure if Holcomb can do that or not.

If you're gunsmith can't do it definitely send it to William at Sumtoy. I had him build one for my kids to shoot 6 years or so ago. He cut the barrel down from 28" to 24", threaded the barrel and built a choke, drilled, tapped it and mounted a FF3 on one of his low profile bases. What started out as purely a youth gun has become a gun I enjoy carrying regularly and has killed a bunch of turkeys.

Mully that’s exactly what I’m going for- drilling and tapping mount optic barrel/ choke
FL they are awesome little guns, i own several clones of this hatfield etc. I am building this for men women children disabled anyone because I founded a non profit here in the state and while 20 gauge is awesome i can absolutely see how that shell and weight could be intimidating to someone smaller or someone in a wheelchair, (WillChair) like myself. Safe safe safe

Youngbuck, not to high jack the thread but please tell us about your non-profit. Others may want to help if possible

4Him Check out www.DisabledOutdoorsmen.com Were the Alabama chapter of Disabled Outdoorsmen USA, events and fundraisers are coming and we are official- just nailing down loose ends. I was in love with this group from the bat and the Texas chapter has helped us tremendously. Our goal is getting people who have had the outdoors stripped away from them back outside in the sun and in front of God. A few of us have been lucky enough to find our ways back outdoors. I find God out here myself and the path that I take will fit many, many different chairs.

That sounds awesome. What your biggest obstacle? Obviously overall funding, but what’s next in need- land, guides, food, etc?

Gun Update- sending to Sumtoy Monday.
Mr. Kerns and I spoke, he’s unable to drill and tap and install a base so I’m on my way to him now to pick the gun up. The rest would be a good wait and i can either do or have that done quicker here.
Still trucking

4Him I will PM you

I ended up not sending it to Sumtoy. Life happened and when I patterned it I was happy with what I got. POA/POI was spot on and it threw a plenty good enough pattern for me. I shot several different shells out of it Verdict, Federal, Fox Trot, and Boss and
this little guy really likes a polished barrel and the Fox Trot 383 strokers #9.5. I originally planned on having it dipped but the wood on it was too purdy so I wrapped the receiver and barrel in Mossy Oak Bottomland instead and put some sling studs in the stock.
Any of you guys got one of these? I'm curious to see what you've done to yours and how you like it

I’ve got one I bought for my daughter and she’s killed a couple with it. I tote it sometimes myself, especially if I’m not the primary shooter but feel the need to have two guns. Like you, I left the pretty walnut stock alone. I sent mine to Sumtoy and he cut 4” off the barrel, threaded and provided a choke, mounted one of his flush mounts for a Vortex venom, and he did some trigger work on it as well. It’s one of the better pattering .410s out there from what I’ve seen and for what they cost and at a weight of 3 1/2 lbs, they’re hard to beat.